Plant-irrigation system.



No. 818,356. PATENTED APR. I7, 1906.

T. A. DAVIS.

PLANT IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

' APPLIoATIoN FILED sEPT.21.19o5.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFroE.

THOMAS ALBERT DAVIS, OF FINDLAY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO lCHARLES BEVARLEY DAVIS., OF TODDS POINT TOWN- SHIP, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed September 21. 1905. Serial No. 27 9.557.

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern:v v

Be it known that I, THOMAS ALBERT DA- vrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Findlay, in the county of Shelby and State of irrigating systems for the irrigation of pottedplants; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a system wholly suited for the irrigation of potted plants; second, to

provide means whereby the evaporation of the water is lessened; third, to afford facilities for fertilizing the plants in connection with the irrigation thereof. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which* igure 1 shows the system with several potted plants connected. Fig. 2 shows reservoir as connected with a pot-receptacle, parts of the same being broken away.,

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The reservoir A is provided with but one opening and that the necked-shaped outlet b, at which place the said reservolr is filled. When the said reservoir is inverted, so that the said outlet b is inserted into the receivingcup B, the water in said reservoir will flow out into the said receiving-cup B until it reaches the base of the outlet b. Connections are made from the said receivin -cup to the pot-receptacles by means of the ead pipe C, which is provided with the elbow-unions d d, so that the reservoir may be raised or lowered so as to regulate the amount of water that is allowed to flow into thesa'id ot-receptacles. The said pot-rece tacle D t at I have rcviously mentione is a hollow cup wit a flan ed top for'the receiving of the flower-pot. Sai ot-receptacle is also provided with the Wick ,which is intended to be drawn through the Aopening in the base of the flower-pot E and by means of capillary attraction carries the water up tothe use of the plant. pot receptacle is constructed so that the anged top fits closely around the base of the flower-pot, thereby/'preventing evaporation. As the water is used by the plant it naturally reduces the amount in the receiving-cup B until the same is lowered below the base of immediatelyrenew the sup lyuntll the flowis stopped, as has been herein efore mentioned.

If the system is used for household plants, it is intended that the pot-receptacles be fitted in openings on the table, the flanged tops only appearing above the surface, so that the lead pipes can pass on the under side of the table and be out of siffht, and when the system is used for out ofdoor plants, such as in cemeteries, it is intended to bury thev lead pipe under ground, leaving only the A flanged top of the pot-receptacles exposed.

I am aware that prior to my inventlon reservoirs have been in use which act upon the same principle as the one herein s ecified. Therefore I do not claim such a com ination broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by my Letters Patent, is-- The herein-described plant-irrigatinor system consisting of the reservoir A with the neck-shaped outlet I), together with the receiving-cup B, the lead pipe C with the elbowunions d d and the pot-receptacle D, and the Wick L all 'substantially as set forth and for vthe purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS ALBERT DAVIS.

Witnesses:

' F. P. AULD,

BRAY D. TRELL.

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